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The Museum’s Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center.

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… II. His paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt.…

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… paternal grandmother, Hedwig Kahn (1862-1943), remained in Germany and perished at Theresienstadt. Scope and content of collection The Henry F. Kahn…

…The material pertaining to Hermann Seligman consists of: orders and instructions to the Jewish community in Germany which were distributed by the…

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… and instructions to the Jewish community in Germany which were distributed by the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland; a letter from the American…

… (Grete) Katz. Walther was born on December 12, 1906, in Kesselbach, Germany, where his parents, Simon and Malchen Katzenstein Schoenfeld, had a farm. He…

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… Margareta were living in Germany, but deciding that it would be too dangerous to remain, they moved to Amsterdam in 1936. In 1939, Trudy was born. After the…

… II in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany. He married Louise (Lisl) Schwarzenberger (1907-2000), born in Maßbach to Bernhard and Meta…

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… Leipzig and Maßbach, Charlotte Süssmann’s deportation to Theresienstadt, and Emanuel Suessmann’s service in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany…

…Dorothea Baumgart (1875-1957), was born Dorothea Lissner in Obrzycko, Poland and lived in Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Her property was…

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… Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Her property was confiscated by the Nazi regime in June 1943, and four days later she was deported to Theresienstadt…

…The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.…

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… various cities in Germany. These letters document emigration efforts, family health concerns, and the difficulties of Jewish life under Nazi rule. The…

…The Leonard Lauder collection consists of materials documenting anti-Semitism in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, particularly during…

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… materials documenting anti‐Semitism in Germany in the first half of the 20th century, particularly during the Nazi era, that Lauder acquired from private…

… in Mainz, Germany, before the Holocaust, in Theresienstadt labor camp-ghetto during the Holocaust, and after their respective immigrations to the…

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…, sermons, writings, speeches, and books documenting the lives of the Kronthal, Levi, and Eis families as they were forced to flee Germany and immigrate to…

… army propaganda leaflet, documents regarding restrictions on Rosa Block (1867-1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of…

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… primarily documents restrictions on Rosa Block (1867‐ 1942) as a Jewish woman in Germany, and it also includes photographs of Karl Hermann Frank, a postcard…

… forced him to work for them. Fritz had helped a lot of Jewish families leave Germany, but ultimately it became too late for him and his family to get out…

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… helped a lot of Jewish families leave Germany, but ultimately it became too late for him and his family to get out. In 1941, Irene’s mother, Lotte, was…

…Ruth Salm was born on January 22, 1924, in Bruhl, Germany, to Julius and Jeanette Salm. Julius worked as a cantor and an animal broker, while Jenny…

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… Perlman, including a 1942 postcard sent to her from her family in Germany, while she was living in Denmark; postcards from the family who had sheltered her…

… detachment while stationed in Eutin, Germany. After the war, Helen moved to England, where she met her future Husband Erich Fanta. In 1952, the couple…

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… was liberated, before serving as a secretary and interpreter for the same detachment while stationed in Eutin, Germany. After the war, Helen moved to…

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volume I and II of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.